BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$3.0B
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At the University of Pennsylvania, you'll find a historic, Ivy League school with highly selective admissions and a history of innovation in interdisciplinary education and scholarship. You'll also find a picturesque campus amidst a dynamic city and a world-class research institution. Today Penn is home to a diverse undergraduate student body of nearly 10,000, hailing from every state in the union and all around the globe. Admissions are among the most selective in the country and Penn consistently ranks among the top 10 universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey. Another 10,000 students are enrolled in Penn's 12 graduate and professional schools, which are national leaders in their fields. The Wharton School is consistently one of the nation's top three business schools. The School of Nursing is one of the two best in the U.S. The School of Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Education, Law School, School of Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, and Annenberg School for Communication all rank among the top 10 schools in their fields.
Number of Employees 20,000
NAICS Code Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools: 611310
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What has changed since Kerner Commission report?
- 2008-03-17
On Leap Day in 1968, the 11-member National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, led by Illinois Gov. Otto Kerner Jr., issued a report to President Lyndon B. Johnson attempting to explain to the nation the reasons behind the upsurge of race riots--from Watts to Birmingham to North Philadelphia--that had gripped...
Irish Professor Strip Searched by U.S.
- 2006-02-21
O'Driscoll, Sean Irish Voice 02-21-2006 THE University of Pennsylvania is to make an official complaint to the Department of Homeland Security after an Irish Joycean professor was handcuffed, strip searched, locked in jail overnight and sent back to Germany last month...
Capital Gains Taxes, Pricing Spreads and Arbitrage: Evidence From U.S. Cross-Listed Firms
BNET
- 2005-06-30
This paper examines how personal taxes affect the pricing of stocks that are simultaneously listed and traded on multiple exchanges around the globe. Specifically, the paper studies how an unexpected reduction in U.S. capital gains taxes at the announcement of the 1997 budget accord changes the pricing of foreign firms'...
FCO Minister for Trade to deliver speech on the unique nature of the relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
- 2005-06-10
M2 PRESSWIRE-10 June 2005-UK Government: FCO Minister for Trade to deliver speech on the unique nature of the relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States of AmericaC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09062005 FCO Minister for Trade, Ian Pearson MP, will...
TRIA and Beyond: Terrorism Risk Financing in the U.S.
BNET
- 2004-08-01
Careful research and policy development are needed in the current debate on the future of terrorism insurance to assure economic and social continuity in the case of new terrorist attacks in the U.S. The goal of this paper is to provide policymakers, key industry representatives and other interested parties with...
Sealed with Blood: War, Sacrifice, and Memory in Revolutionary America
- 2004-03-01
SEALED WITH BLOOD: War, Sacrifice, and Memory in Revolutionary America, Sarah J. Purcell, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 2002, 276 pages, $35.00. Sarah J. Purcell's book, as a work on the idea of public memory, establishes how Revolutionary War heroes were integrated into the burgeoning political culture of the...
Environmental Justice: Frequency and Severity of U.S. Chemical Industry Accidents and the Socio-Economic Status of Surrounding Communities
BNET
- 2003-07-28
Section 112r of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 requires that chemical facilities in the U.S. that had on premises more than specified quantities of toxic or flammable chemicals file a five-year history of accidents. This paper reports on the accidents reported under 112r and their relationship to community...
Nymox's NicAlert: A Valuable Tool for Smoking Cessation Programs
- 2003-03-20
Business Editors, Health/Medical Writers MAYWOOD, N.J--BUSINESS WIRE--March 20, 2003 Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation's (NASDAQ: NYMX) NicAlertTM provides a valuable and needed tool for researchers and counselors working to develop more effective smoking cessation programs. Quitting smoking is notoriously difficult: an estimated 70% of smokers would like to quit...
Annenberg, Walter H.
- 2003-01-01
Walter H. Annenberg Walter H. Annenberg (1908–2002), through canny anticipation of new trends in the publishing world, became one of the richest individuals in the United States. In his later years he became equally notable for giving away vast amounts of his money to educational programs, cultural institutions, and political...
Nymox's NicAlert Successfully Used By High School Students in Switzerland
- 2002-12-30
Business Editors BASEL, Switzerland--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 30, 2002 Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation (NASDAQ: NYMX) and health4u (Basel, Switzerland) announced the successful conclusion of the first phase of a stop smoking campaign in high school students in Basel. The students are using the NicAlertTM test to determine smoking product exposure...
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